Literary Concepts
Stories
Vocabulary
Appositives
Subject Complements
100
Describing something as less than it is
What is understatement?
100
In "Fatherhood," the philosophy of "no problem" belongs to this member of the Cosby family.
Who is Cosby's 15 year old son?
100
To make up rules or procedures as the work goes on
What is improvise?
100
Appositives are usually set off in a sentence by these.
What are commas?
100
Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania.
What is city, PN?
200
Saying one thing but meaning something else
What is verbal irony?
200
This is the secret message in "The Counterfeit Secret Circle Member Gets the Message."
What is "Don't forget to drink your Ovaltine!"?
200
Not real or genuine, but pretending to be so
What is counterfeit?
200
An appositive is a noun or a pronoun that does this to another noun or pronoun.
What is identifies or renames?
200
Soccer is a sport for all ages.
What is sport, PN?
300
Overstating something to create a comic effect
What is exaggeration?
300
The setting of "The Ransom of Red Chief."
What is near the town of Summit, Alabama?
300
The act of rejoicing; the state of being jubilant
What is exultation?
300
Identify the appositive phrase: The Milky Way, our galaxy, is one of many.
What is "our galaxy"?
300
Cajun dishes taste spicy.
What is spicy, PA?
400
When the Jeep's wheel ran over his foot, he experienced a certain discomfort.
What is understatement?
400
In "Ninki," this is the first creature stalked by the narrator's husband.
What is a rat?
400
A period of time covering thousands of years
What is an eon?
400
Identify the appositive phrase: She was delighted to return to Houston, her home city.
What is "her home city"?
400
The architecture of New Orleans is a blend of old and new.
What is blend, PN?
500
"I waited for the mail day after day, eon after eon."
What is exaggeration?
500
The main conflict in "The Ransom of Red Chief" occurs between these characters.
Who are the boy and the kidnappers?
500
An important event by which someone marks his or her life
What is a milestone?
500
Identify the appositive: An experienced astronaut, Shannon Lucid was chosen for a joint American-Russian space mission in 1996.
What is "An experienced astronaut"?
500
The city is also a center for business and industry.
What is center, PN?
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